Author Archives: Delicious

Oz government in filter paranoia meltdown • The Register In a performance punctuated with all the hallmarks of paranoia, Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy laid into internet giant Google earlier this week, suggesting that the approach taken by their chief … Continue reading →

Conroy unlikely to reveal secret filter forum results – Senator Stephen Conroy, Senator Scott Ludlam, internet filtering, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) – Computerworld The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the … Continue reading →

Mr Ro Bots and ePets (cartoon) | Leefe rates the world… (tags: ping.fm)

Twitter & Telly (Razer attack on filter) – QandA Community Video A very rough 1 minute mashup of an episode of QandA as experienced by a social media geek. Aim is to show 'normal people' what it is like to … Continue reading →

Looking for a camera that answers phone calls | Leefe rates the world… …insert witty one liner (tags: ping.fm) Australische Piratenpartei kritisiert Filter-Umgehungsverbot – Internet | News | ZDNet.de Renai's article about the Pirate Party's nate that, while it may … Continue reading →

Delimiter – Five reasons the iPad will fail in Australia Opinion piece on why the iPad won’t do well in Australia. In summary cost and apathy. (tags: iPad fail Australia Delimiter RenaiLeMay 20100427) links for 2010-05-12 | Leefe rates the … Continue reading →

Internet filter, study, GA research As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attempts to fend off a slump in the Labor’s approval rating, evidence is mounting that one of its key initiatives – mandatory internet filtering – may not prove as popular … Continue reading →

World News Australia – Conroy: No broadening of web filter “Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has reportedly told the ABC’s Four Corners program that the government will not broaden the proposed level of censorship in the controversial web filter plans.” … Continue reading →